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EXTRACTS FROM «RUSSKIYE VEDOMOSTI» ON THE TSAR'S 
RECEPTION OF A ZEMSTVO DELEGATION AND ON THE 
MEMORANDUM OF FALBORG AND CHARNOLUSKII.

On the characteristics of the zemstvo delegation:
P e t r u n k e v i c h
Russ[kiye] Vedomosti] 11/VI [19]05 (No. 155).
Correspondence from Tver of 8/VI.

«I. Petrunkeviches expressed the opinion that now, after the tsar's gracious reception of the zemstvo and urban activists and his distinctly benevolent response to their petition for the convening of representatives of the people, the question of resolutions and petitions f a l l s  a w a y ,  and one should already begin preparing for the forthcoming electoral assembly»...

P e t e r s b u r g  [guberniya] extraordinary district zemstvo assembly resolved to request the governor to bring to the knowledge of the state emperor that the Petersburg district zemstvo «experiences a feeling of profound joy on the occasion of the momentous words» etc.

«looks forward with faith in a better future»
(R[usskiye] Vedomosti] 11/VI [19]05.)

S i m b i r s k  stock exchange society on 10/VI sent a telegram to S. N. Trubetskoi: ...«gratitude... for the sacred truth expressed before the face of the state emperor».
(R[usskiye] Vedomosti] 12/VI [19]05)

Kharkov. Members of the council of the congress of mining industrialists of South Russia sent a t[elegram] to S. N. Tr[ubetskoi]:
...«profound recognition... to the persons who reported directly to the S[tate] E[mperor]... we greet you as elected

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representatives of the Russian land, through whom the v o i c e  o f  t h e  p e o p l e  i n  f i r m  and truthful form reached for the first time to the [emperor]»... («we consider this event a true pledge of the realization of a new era in our state life»)» ... (R. Ved,
12 VI [19]05).

«Stock Exchange Vedomosti report that the assistant minister of internal affairs, the Petersburg general-governor Trepov, after the [tsar's] reception visited at the Hotel Frankfort Prince S. N. Trubetskoi, a member of the delegation, as well as other members of the delegation» (R. V. 12 VI [19]05).

Ibid[em]. The electoral project of Falborg and Charnoluskii: Memorandum on 59(11) projects of e[lectoral] r[ights]. F[alborg] and Ch[arnoluskii] for universal, direct, equal and s e c r e t  electoral r[ights]. Age = 25 years(!). E[lectoral] d i s t r i c t  = district.
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